We had an interesting first night here (in the place we'll be staying in until we find a permanent place. It's attached to a family's home). We got here and it was cold, quite cold. It turns out the heater isn't working, and the family was out of town for a birthday party. There's a reset button on the heating unit so the heat works for a few minutes at a time if you keep pressing it. So we pressed it a couple of times hoping to warm it up a little bit.
Then we left and walked to the grocery store where we found a pizza for a £1 (pound)! Sounded like a good idea at the time. We got it home and after figuring out how to use the double oven we popped it in, and Nick opened the IPA he picked up for a treat. The beer was farty. I don't know how else to put it...haha. It smelled like a poop. We pulled out the pizza, cut it, and began to eat. It tasted like cardboard, and ended up having tiny plastic-looking fibers in it. Don’t eat a pizza that only costs a pound. Noted. Luckily we got some biscuits (cookies) that were quite good, and they had the word NICE stamped into each one which made them even better.
Anyways, after watching some quality UK tele,we went to bed and actually stayed pretty warm with the blankets we had (turned out that one of the bags with our blankets, was left behind at David and Janie's. Woops!)
This morning, as we tried to shower quickly, one of us sat out in front of the heating unit (which also heats water by the way) and hit the reset button every couple of minutes while the other shouted about the icey water coming out. Quite exciting! But we made it out of the house in time to catch the bus into town for DNA Sunday Church. It was really good to see some of the people we met here 2 years ago as well and many new people.
Afterward, we got to go to our American friends' flat. They arrived here about a month ago so we will get to learn together as we work alongside one another. It was wonderful to chat over lunch about the things they've learned while being here. There are a lot of differences!
This evening we went back to David and Janie's where we got to meet the teens we've been Skyping with the past couple of months! We will be helping them in any way we can with a church they have started once a fortnight (every 2 weeks) in a Barn outside of town. It was so great to finally see them face to face. We talked about the upcoming service they will be putting on this coming Sunday.
Now, we're back at our temporary home pushing the reset button every few minutes trying to keep from seeing our breath. The family got home tonight though, and we got to speak to them about it. They are getting someone as soon as they can tomorrow to come fix it. They are really wonderful people and are a blessing to us in so many ways!
Tomorrow, we're looking at a flat in the morning, going to the bank to open an account so we can get a mobile phone, and stopping at a few letting (renting) agencies to find more leads. We can’t wait to have a phone. We never know what time it is!
Goodnight....more to come.
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